Today has been another beautiful day in London. It’s mid October, the sun is shining on a cloudless sky, and I’m walking through the streets of London in a t-shirt. This is a Sunday I have to share with everyone cause it’s been just perfect.
I started this Sunday by walking through the shops of London, mainly window shopping. I managed to score a new shoulder bag at only 12 pounds on a 50% sale, Yes! So I was starting at Oxford Street, as I so often do, and I made my way along Charing Cross and towards Covent Garden. Close by Waterloo Bridge I had lunch at an old pub. What caught my attention were the 7 pound Sunday Roast lunches they had on. I ordered a Garlic and Thyme, Lemon Lamb Roast with baked potato, baked sweet potato, gravy, and baby carrots. The meal was amazing! Best roast I can ever recall having. The service was absolutely terrible, ended up walking out and just leaving money on the table because I never received the bill… but the food… the food was amazing!
After lunch I walked around the corner to Covent Garden. There is so much happening here with buskers, street performers, markets, and the Royal Opera House. An inspirational place that is so alive! At Jubilee Hall there are amazing little arts and crafts in every little market stall, and on a beautiful day like this people are sitting on the sidewalks soaking up the sun and working on their tans. I admit I spent half the day at Covent Garden, walking through markets, sunbaking, having a glass of wine on the balcony overlooking the Covent Garden streets, sunbaking some more, watching street performers, sunbaking, people watching, and sunbaking!
When the evening arrived I walked towards Leicester Square to watch a show at the Hippodrome. The show is called La Clique and is a bit of a burlesque, cabaret, circus extravaganza. If you are currently in London or planning on going to London this year, then THIS IS A SHOW YOU CANNOT MISS!!! I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed myself so much from a show. It is setup like a circus tent with the performances in the middle of the room, on a tiny circular stage. The stage isn’t even two meters in diameter which makes for a very intimate evening… and oh yes it gets very intimate with the performers as I experienced firsthand. If you get tickets for the floor area it is first come first served so I encourage you to rock up half an hour before the performance starts to get front row seats as it is well worth it.
Obviously I don’t want to spoil the experience so I will only give a brief summary of what you can expect. Two gentlemen assisting puppets who are cabaret divas, a double jointed rubber man, English gentlemen acrobats, a sexy Spanish magician burlesque style striptease, aerial ballet, juggling Freddie Mercury, a mysteriously seductive hula hooping Ukrainian and a sword swallowing mistress of ceremonies in a red dress. The entire show was enthralling; I was amazed, shocked and laughed so hard my jaw was aching. If you are in the front row you get bonus interaction with the performers. I was lucky enough to get a kiss from the lady in red, give leather clad Freddie Mercury a piggy back ride, and get some crotch thrusting from the Spanish temptress! Could I have wished for anything more?! After the show they interviewed me on camera and I put it quite simply… “There’s nothing like it, I can only describe it as Cirque du Soleil… but FUNNIER!
So roll up, roll up to the best show in town, visit La Clique’s website for full details and book your tickets NOW!
